The Sun. — London, England, 1809-06-15 00:00:00

BA RBAno3s, M,vy 14.'—Admiral Ctielteites, • . Neptune, arr i ve d h ere this morning from Marti iliquo. On: the I 9th ult. he lett the York acid Captain to the Northward of the Mona Passage, to eraive rep. d a ys f or th e F r e nc h Shi ps C ourageu . z . an d , • Polonaise,' which escaped front the Saintes. 13y ace COUftts from Guadaloupe, the' Felicitki Frigate had collpleted her lading of sugar and coffee, and the Fu rieuse was nearly laden : they ate both armee enflute, and have 200 rit , . a each on board. They are moor ed close to the beach at Basseterre, tied have troops trout the shore every eight to proted them, fearing An attack from our Frigates and Boats ; which; I . understaud, was intended to be made on Tuesday last, by Captain BEAVEII, of the Acosta, with three other Frigates and Boats. T fear it will be a san guinary atfair, the enemy being well prote6ted by the bieteries,,and, as I have before said, assisted by troops. Notwithstanding we are in possession of the Saintes, the enemy have, within .a few days, suc ceeded in.relieving Guadaloupe; two Corvettes, one of 24, the other of 18 guns, having arrived from Boordeaux With troops and provisions. The Pam pee, with her prize the Abercrambn .(formerly the iluntpoult) has arrived at Antigua. The hotneward-bound trade has been colleed 'at Torola,,,eaiting the arrival of the York, which is to convoy them to England, with the Circe and Nar. cissus Frigates; but as the York was to go to Antigua front the Mona Passage, to vittual and rest, the Meet cannot get away fbr some days to come. BAReenoes, MAY 5.---The Princess, Charlotte Vrigke . ran to the Southward of this Island with the cork Feet, and reached this anchorage after a beat of three days; many of the Leeward Island Ships bore up for their destinations, but I have not hoard • of any accident having befallen them. The homeward-bound trade from this island call ed at Martiaique on the 27th ult. and proceeded for Doeninie,J on the 28th. The Hunter, for Londoe ; Pigifint, for Dublin ; and the George and the Cale. donio. tor Liverpool, joined at Martinique. His Mleesty's ships Narcissus and Circe take the trade to England. We have yet no certain account of the sguadrtat froth L'Orient, which escaped from the Saintes on the 14th ult. except that the Furieuse and l'eticite frigates got into Basseterre, Guadaloupe, and landed 280 troops. The frigates were lying under the batteries of Basseterre on the Seth ob. blockaded by the, Jason frigate and smaller vessels. The eueiny have three privateers out of Guadaloupe, viz. Jean Bart, of 3 guns and no men; Supericure, 2 guns . 70 men; and a Felucca of 1 gun and 5U men. Since the capture of the Saintes, it would appear almost impossible for the French to get into Guadaloupe. That island is in a *retched state ; the number of troops does not amount to 3 000. It would be a very ea>y conquest, as the inhabitants are weary of 6:Lir situation. . • • ANTIGUA, APRIL 30.—The Morgan Rattler, Cap'aitt Fousren, from Bristol to St. Vinceuts, is re-taken, and sent in here by the Ileums, Captain WATT; she was taken about three weeks age; by the Belle Zioile, French Corvette, from Marseilles. The Corvette was chased into slay Mahout last.Wed neiday, by. Captain Wan', and when the Jitlorgan Rattler left him, he was chasing st schooner, said to be the Corvette's prize. . The convoy is under weigh, but I do not think they will leave St. Tho mas's till the Sth of May; indeed, : every thing de-. pends on the Admiral, from whom we have had no account since he went after time L'Orient squadron, Which escaped from the Salutes. Our 6nntnanders are dismantling the Saintes, and in a few days the forces will return to head quarters. Numberless Americans continue to quit St. Bar thulotnew's, and the neighbouring islands. ♦IMERICA. Ninv Yor,x, MAY B.—A Letter from Washing ton, received in this City , yesterday, ' mentions, that General Tutreau, the French Minister, has been recalled by his Government, and that his suc cessor is on his way to . the United States. EXTRACT ,OF A LEDtIR PROM 'WASHINGTON CITY, DADAD MAY, 2, 1809. " Archibald Lee, E4q. of this town, . a staunch federalist, goes out as a Messenger, with dispatches fret!) our Government to England. He will take the stage. from this, in-morrow morning, for Nor folk, where he a swiftionsiling vessel, and make the best of his way to England." • The Louisville (Ken.) Gazette, of the 12th in stant,: saps, " This Morning Mr. Benjamin Wil kinson with a hardy bard of .warriors, hunters, and trappe rs , all welt' armed .and equipped, 'for a three.'. Years expedition, left this place for St. Louis, there to join the St. Louis Missouri company, who intend to push their trade, to the river Columbia, and pro bably, in a few years, by that route, to the East- Indies." esterday dispatches were - received from Rio Ja neiro, of the ttth , t April. In South America. we - learn with satisfaetion, the popular 'petit rises in hostility towards Frenchmen of every de scripiion. At the same time, an unpleasant . transaaion has 'c' 114 1,704, 01 which we know no More than the re- P c `rt given in the following Ship's journal. We he it:ie and trust that the affair will in the end prove to b but an SU of private Vinletrce. The acount is by. no means el t ior or satiorfae.iory not THS JOURNAL OP' SHIT QUASH .CHARLOTTN I'ACNET I PROM MO DR JANalt°2 APRIL 11. 4% Intelligence was this day received at Rio de Ja• neiro, that the Commander of the Ship Scorpion, of Lonchm, had been enticed on shore at Chilly, and rnurdeied by the Spaniards, who afterwards manned the boat and treacherously obtained possession .of the Shit), and carried her into part, not as a prize to the Government, but far themselves. Sir Sintrti UTH madit a teprestntistion tbereot to the krincess PoRTUGAL, and in three hours (although the /;budieyant lay four miles from the Palace) he re ceived a letter, its her own hand, expressing her great disapprobation of such an ati of violence, and that xhe would not tail strenuously to urge the Junta (.1 ••ii ant, in the name of her brother, FRRDIbIAND Vll. to cause the most exemplary punishment to be tlitaed upon the odendeii." A General ileum of the,Losses Sustained by the Cavalry and Infantry of the Ardly. !tarhich served'in Spain in JBOB-0, has been made put, i s obpzlimce to an Order of the douse of 'C,unlinons, trimstiinted by the Secretary - of State to the Quarter-Master-Ge neral, It includes the whole loss, as returned by the different corps; but it is material toobserte, that the amount of loss, for which remuneration is to be granted by the pblic, cannot be known un til the Board of Claims (now sitting) shall have 're ported its opinion us to what ought to be allowed, or disallowed, of the ciaint brought forward. The following are the total losses of the most - Material articles CAVALRY: Consisting 'of the 7th, Loth, tith, and ath Light bra. goons, and the 3d ditto. King's German Legion. ESTIMATE OF BAGGAGE. Officers - 'sop 9 6 Noli-cortunissioacti Officers and Privets .5,977 1 5 81 IN AItSIS. Carbines, taco; pistols, 2“.: ; sabres or swords, 1,913; steel scabbards, 441. ; trumpets and bugies, ;7 ; Sorge Carts, 8. IN ACCOUTREMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS. Pouches, belts, .and runners, 1,334 ; sets of accoutrements' complete, 393 . ; saddles, complete, 1,97 0; bridles, coal piety, bititkets, 46'st; Cliabraques, ',sag ; sheep. skins, 4587 ; sets of baggage-straps,,t,BlB ; sets or clack. straps, )97; •Sabretashes, 1,488 ; sWord or store belts, 1,241 ; 1101 fie. collars and rings, 1414; hoots, pairs, 7o8; strurs t. pairs, 7iB; sashes, 117; cloaks, 1.654. CAW LQUIr /LOX. too minute tor detail. INFAN.cItY, Consisting of the dill4ent 13a ttalions of the following Regi. in e nt s , • viz.-10 Fout Guards, ast (Royal), td (Qacro's), 4th, phi oth 9tl), 14th , loth, 23d, 26th, 314, 36th, Pith, 4 2 d, yid, s , s tst, Pt!. 59th, both, 7t4t, 7tilh,l9lh e IIIST• WOW, gul, and ; GC131141 4..cgton, rcuyal Sta Corps, ano Royal, Waggon Train. tSTIMATE OF LOSS OF 111/ICGAGIC L &C. Officers - - 7 kv,7an 3 9 Non C o mmissioned O ffi cers and Privates 2 i , '43 '1 . 4 • • AUMS. Pikes, 261 ; fusild, 14s; bayonets, 79; firelocks, 5448; bay otiets,6 ip ; drunth 277 ACCOIirRENIENTS AND APPOINTUISNTS. s tß i t „ N rs.—Swords, 4gl; sword belts, 230; pouches. 98; pouch helti, ; tustl slings, s 4; sword knot., 130 sashes, 379 ; breast plates, 31o; powder horns, 77. Us u.tunts, ANA PIONISZAS.—Too minute foi IcA 14 AND s.—rouciws, t 1.230 ; pouch belts, 11,651; bayonet belts, twos ; breast plates, Q,920 fire lock slings, ;soli 4 Powder horns, ;51 0 I scat baids• 41497 i ;;rent costs. 9,684. c Aur EsautrAGll, toorninute for detail. POETRY. MAY. Dome in yon blaze of orient sky, Sweet Ma) ! thy racfieht torn! Untold; Unclose thy !Atte, voluptuous eye, And wave thy IshAdowy locke of Old. For thee the fragrditt Zephyrs bhtw. For thee tiescends the sunni shower ; The Ails in softer murmur flow, And brighter. blossorns gym the bower. Light Graces dress'd in flowery wreaths, And tip-tee Joys their hands; cauthinu And Love his sweet contagiou hrcarhe.;, And laughing dances round thy Warm with new life, the glittering throngs, tin quivering fin, and rustling wing, Delighted join Char votive songs, And had the Goddess of the Sp►ing. The public have not thewn their chataeteristie li berality with reaped to the Dutch Commissioners. That the party prints should most eagerly avail them selves of whatever might tend to excite discontent was naturally, to be expeeled, and a.contrary course would have been aurprieng, but audi alteram partern has been the 'general principle with the people at large, and till the Commissioners have ,been heard in their own vindication, they ought at least to be exempt from such bitter refieCtions as have been cast upon them. They are all men of known inte grity, and, . from their previous,reputa'ion, were en-. titled .to a liberal credit, till they came forward in ,explanation. it is not true as reported, that One of these Gentlemen is preparing a separate defence; but in due time a full answer to- the charges will, we understand, be submitted to the public. The LOUD CIiaNCEI.LO4 was occupied the whole of yesterday morning in his private chaniber, in hear ing petitions in the case of the Dupe of Sussex and 'Lady -AVOIY . STA MURRAY, relative to ih e ca re of their children,---About twelve o'clock, • his Lordship, ordered the Court lobe inform A, that he would not be able to attend to any other business in the course of the morning. At the Public Office, Hatton-Garden, on Tues day, Captain Jennings mid Captain South, - were brought out of a field; near Gray's hut-lane, with their secopds, as they were, going to fight a duel, In consequence of a dispute which arose between them at a Coffee-house,- in Holborn, when the former parties were bound in the sums of 6001. each, on their own recognizances, and the two latter in one half the sum, to preserve the peace. • A. young Lady, seventeen years - of age, the daughter of a Airs. FLANNIgN, in Cooper's-square, Pentonville-road, was burnt in so shocking. a man nor on Friday evening last, that she expired, after enduring excruciating torment; on Tuesday evening. She was sitting up alone, waiting the return of her Uncle, on Tuesday night, and, having fallen asleep, the candle caught her garments, which were com - - pletely burnt off her back. It was an hour after the accident before it was knOwn. A pattnt has been obtained for a composition for the purpose of making trays, waiters, coach pannels,, etc. by presses or stamps. The com position Cositis 100Ibs. of rope and Volbs, of rags, reduced to a pulp, and mixed with a small proportion of vitriolic acid which is', aiterw4ids rendered solid, and shaped by means of the press , and dies and being put into a stove or oven, is kept there till dry. The article is then hammered smooth, and is completed by undergoing the process of ja panning. Early yesterday morning the bowie of a Gentle matt in Gloucester•place, High Holborn, was broke open and robbed of cash, bank-notes, and o►her ar ticles to ,a large amount. A W Trs +Ha , Peort.t` 0/7'PNGLANO; . lir, A FIIIEND:TO HIS CUONTRY.' Ttt length of the Parliamentary Debates, and the important intelligence front Op,. Continent, have fur some tune prevented us from noticing those pro oldie Press, which deserve public attention, and are calculated to enlighten public judgmei.t, but it is our intention during the approaching reces* to regime this departMent of our Journal, and •to render it as acceptable as possible to our Readers by the variety, as well as intere , t, of our communica tions. The mania of Reform by which a certain band of mischievOut cbaratiers who affect to disclaim any conneelion with Ministers,• ,or Opp os i t i o n, though opposition to the measures of , Government, whatever they may be, has reached such a height, that 'though it may be not be attended with danger to the State, yet it Calls for the corret9ive hand of every man who is really,sensible of the blessings of our venerable Constitution, and whO, of come, flrillit be anxious to preserve that matchless political edifice id - unimpaited strength and security. The author before us belongs to this respetable order of genuine Patriots, and we deem it , an as of public duty to give currency to the following extract from his manly and enlightened trsa.. • " I will not assert that the existing institutions of this country are pet-fed in every part; l and that, they might not in some points adrnit.of amendment. All human institutions are liable to;itnperfeaion, and posiibly the House of Commons might be bet ter constructed than it is at presettt—posSibly it might be better, were the members who are re ' turned for close boroughs fewer, and those who re present tit more extended constituency increased in number. I will..not absoltitely' say that in the ab stract it might not be so; although, for my part, I am inclined to think with those:who oppose any change in the constitution or construction ot Par liatneat, because in a change of that kind it is, in my mind, at least a matter of doubt, wheth e r y ou may not Jose in the first instance—secondly, you weaken that deference , which is paid to the esta blished order of things—and thirdly, by consenting to a first change, you may be led oh involuntarily to °triers. Upon thiS subject the. first authorities have differed in opinion. I shall not therefore at tempt to decide upon that question, nor is it ne- - cessary on the present occasion ; but this • much I can safely and contidentlyaffirm-wthat at no former period of 'knish history was the voice of people more justly attended to by every branch of the, Go vent tnent, than at the present day. " At no former period was your personal liberty better guarded or More respected. Private pruperly► Was never more completely secured against the vicissitudes and dangers, to which it is exposed in every other country of Eu rope. "" At no.forrner period was there a more strictin vestig:irion into the expenditure of public money, which is' necessarily so much extended by. an una voidable war, arid 'consequently the more liable to abuse in the inferior departments of its manage- Itlctit • " The finances of the State were never better re plated--neyer. did they rest upon. a more stable toundat ion—never 'were they better calculated to dis appoint t he views of the French. Ruler, who avowed ly ,totinded his chief Imp of effecting your destruc titinopon the failure of your revenue, but who now has been compelled to abandon than unsustainable and worn.out argument.. " Never before (great as their achieveMents have been) dkt the bulwarks of your security, the , British Navy, and that Army'which the agitators would de stroy, arrive at the high pinnacle of well-earned glory, where they now stand in the estimation of an admiring world. • At no limner fieriod did the Tyrant of the Con. tinent, powerful as he is, so completely despair of succeeding, by dire a means, in his efforts to deprive you of that true freedom, security,. glory, and hap piness which you now enjoy, and which render you the envy or the millions whom he has enslaved. " There is not. a roan of common sense, and com mon honesty in Country, who will not admit the. truth of these positions : and is this a (IMP, with. these blessings in glue' enjoyment, and. in the midst of a fulionS and extended warfare with, tile most formidable; the West treacherous, the most s u btil e and active foe of whielrhistury furnishes an example ? Is this to agitate anabstract ques tion abotit a Reform in. Parliament, which, (end as it may) _must necessarily, agitate the public mind ; create contention of the won extensive, nature be twixt parties, of oppdsite opinions and interests ; withdraw the attentiou . of Goveititnent and the L c . gislature from measures of defence, and open a door for the agents of Ihionaparte to enter iet the shape zit . Reformers, decorated with the false oolunrs of Brit kti paqiotistu ; to create that coufusiou, by means of which. alone he can ever hope to, sueceed.in...theut tack he has so long meditated against ,01.1 " Is this a place, or a time, for the people to complain of want of influence, when the Sort of your Monarch must submit his conduct as a public onicerto legal investigation, and resigns his official situation at the shrine tint popular opinion ? Is this a tune to say the _liberty of the itibjeCt is intrenched upon, %then the incendiaries of the present day remain unpunished for those , pro cee di ngs yibich.nt, regenerated France, or any of her Ilas*al states,. would most4ssur:dly have brought them un der the axe of A real yuctitibber ? " No-;-but it . is a tune for. every' true friend of hii country promptly and boldly to stand forth in defence of ail that is dest and valuable in society. it is a time: for you -to convince the revoiutionists, that no mask they can assume is sufficient to hide their deformity; and that although you will always be ready to shew your thspleabure at public abuses of any kind,, you, will nut allow that displeasure to be used as au intrurnent by them to effect the ruin of your country ." Lord Sfl CON ft terda'y a fall from 116 hs= rouche. Mr. W:k.t. (..41uactiiti. was sitting with hap on the box, when near the top of St. James's street, it broke down, and they both fell to. the ground, Lord Sesrros u - tis unhurt, hut Mr. Cram ottt Li. received a severe contusiomort the heath Ile was taken into Holly's, from whence, after a time; he was tarriei lite wound is Dot shin gerous. The following interestitei case occurred. at Char lotte Town, Prince Edwards Isiana, during ties late Sessions in April last Upon application to Celt Colehrgli; Esq.:Chief' Justice of the island, a writ of Habpas corpus was issued to bring up the body of Aanelia . an interesting and beautiful girl of, 16, a native of England, - who had been. trepanned,• and earned away - to Newfoundlaud, and thence to Prince El ward's last season, under pretence ~.I(.:lrryi ng her to some .watering place on the Coast re Eng land, or tri the Isle o f Wi g ht. It apecared, frm ot he affidavit of Amelia Finstet bush, that h•,l- fAher, Joh Finsterbush, had been Muter of the Band to the 4 h regiment; and, after leaving the' regitnant, had re tired to •No. 6, CalthorpC-place, Chelsea, where he now resides. 'About t wo y ears ago, s h e went !o , the house of a Mrs: Wathen, No. i oa, Great P o , land -street, whose husband carried on the. Int , ine34 of an upholsterer there, to make bOrne clothes for. thectiildren. About five or six weeks before' t ponent left England, she went there again ; after , she had been there a few days, Mr:, W. , - then proposed to her to undertake the of the house, as a servant, at the usual Site . consulted mother, who Iriving opinion of Mrs. Wathen, consented ; Oat De ponent finding the work too heavy s,,t ht!r, ed Mrs.• Wattien to look out ter tr person in till het place. She was then asked, if she hed any objee. tion to go with Mrs. \rather) and the children, who had lately caught the measles, to Margate,' gate, Cheltenhatts, or sdine other Watering plaint, two or three months ? to which she con'sent:?c!..'.A.;:i Wathen having always behaecrl 10 iesr' Like ~a tuO-- t her. 'The day of departure entitle town nOa; 'ap proached ; and when Mrs. Writhen was plcl;;;"; .some things, she observed, shit thono ant' cxl,sqy to her mind, they would do very tr!.1,1 !h a y got to Cheltenham, as her.mother ii‘ From London they went in the -, stageco::cir verpool, where Mr. and Mrs, Wathen pa-5.,1 by the., name of SMith, and froth thence to, 5t...! New finndlaud, under the same name, Repo,,e,ll„,,,h cq , at a great distance at s e a, perhaps 301) one of the sailors how fa r they wire ti cim lbe o f Wight, supposihg that place .to be their (lest lbw ;o:1, -and then, for the first time, she learned Li - rea; that*, and , that she was on her w.ly / to a dea,:nt country.. Upon her 'arrival at Prince EJw.,L,.l.'s • Island, ,she told her Inclancholy story. Ail pc ted her, but none. helped her to, redrte:s. W a l t rears she, supplicated he r mistress to permit her to return to England.with Captain S4ng , ter, .in whose ‘ - essel they bad come to. Prince Edward's 'wliere • they resumed their real name of Wathen. Rer mistress_ treating her in a very different manner fiorn • that which. Deponent had expetieeced in Enthaid, told her she could not leave the Island Without per mission of the Governor, and a Mr. Hill, it proprie tor in the Island, in.wbowwservice Mr,Wathenwent , out, seconded Mrs. W. w i t h h er a d v i ce, - , her, tlait she had got a good master and mistress, and could • not go' home until they pleased. Gls campeque, where this interesting girl was landed from Newfoundland, is. the property of Mr.' Wa ahen's employer, at the extreme end of Prince Edward's Island, and very thinly• inhabited f, hot even here British law ,and British justice, under the adMinistration of a good and humane Judge, found out this injured female, and redressed her .wrongs. Her liberation was strongly °epos, d ; hut, all the in. Anuity or Counsel could not uvail qainst the force of 'truth and innocence. At the,recital of l her story there was not en eye in Court that was not sutilhecl with tears ; and her sentence of liberation was heard ,with a tumnit of joy. The celebrated Mrs. Clarke did nor display More talent, but, in modesty and beauty, there vas no parallel. This interesting young Woman is shortly expected in Englund, with' Col... Compton and his family, to whose care the . Governor of Prince Edward's Island, who acts a6o 'as 'Chancellor, has consigued.her. ELOPOMENt.-.4 curious scene presented itself . yesterday afternoon, at .Knightbridge, .• in conse quence of a post-chaise having been ;stopped by two -Gewlemen, and in which -were' a young 'Lady and • Gentleman. From the con versa tiun 3tazi.*armit) of the patties, ttt .populace scion tunler3torict that, the young , Lady had eloped item 'her home in ISloarte, 8 treer;“and the desire to get 'a sight of her was snob- t hat the way was •iinpoded for upwards of an how, ari d the.young Lat,lyVv7VS itt 100gJII Idkt;'o Way in a' ChtiriOt, by her friends. -' She was un. derstood to be,the only , daughter of a ..ady at itn— inense property. The ga:lftot ~was an Otficer he longing io one of the regiments of D: E,nun 'l,be Lady had gone to the house of a trtenadip Char lotte -street, Rathhone-pl-ice, with tile consent of her 'parents, at nine • Oclock in the tol)rniog, al.(1 it ; was in consequente oi the,ree,:ipt of a. note pttlioos. to her arrival in Charlotte-strest,. that the was discovered, • Monday morning, about cun.rise, a ,very shignt;n and lamentable accident occitrted•nn.ho3rd tie Frigate, lying to tiainnazr :—A). I % - il) :11311116 it of the same name) were playing on the gangw,ty,, the )ounger . one gave the ether a, push, which caus ed him to fall ovetboardi w hen ho unintentirnhil au thor of the catastr,optie (w ho was continel on the deck), ,being alarmed, threw down .his pulled of Iliti,coa, and plungetA in titter him they, struggled with the waves-,the hum wa h,wer,d down—but before those in her could render any sw sistance, they went to the hoitom CAI'TAIN BAUCLAY.--: , This persevering pedestrian continued in good health in the performance of !tic task yesterday morning, at six o'clock He he comes, however, serneu bat snore drowsy as he pro ceeds, and an alarm' is 11OW placed over the coach on \O h ne!) be reposes. Attempts have be,it made, b 3 arsine 14740 hack - time sgarnst: the Clip+ ain, io per. telex tirn. SeterA of thy lllirlp b, „ AA hi c h l , wai ligliteti - the haltmite out ittitt'i;,i,* luau, 1,;t;.,.-n 'ate)) , broken i and it has been to and rk-5.7.-esstry lk; place A guard to preserve them. Ilelinn - Lty a Serit. , tutt olPtlitia, iluartetod at the City of Chester public {coke, iti Chiswell-street, in a • it of insEuity ttrew titi, 4 sel3 f rom a MO pair Of stairs :wit - At:3w, and. WaS SO shockingly bruised Its to bo. taken 'to - the flospttial, with very little hopes of recovetT. Yesterd3y cited, after a lingering illtles.g, Mr. Tao mAt NagATT, Q# Barton.suvet INiutztlictster.